Chris' Christian Blog

September 9, 2020

Today while charting unexplored space in WDC cyberspace, I found a star I have never seen before.

Circling this star were several planets so using Captain's discretion I landed on

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Laura  (18+) Contest entry: Poetry. What could have been but never was #2221766 by D. Reed Whittaker

Prpmpt: "The author asked how could life had been different if we had made different choices?"

If I had not twice made the decision to leave behind everything I owned and move to another city I would not have the success I have now. I would not have a bachelor's degree from a prestigious university and be working on my Master's degree at another university. I would instead be living in a ramshackle house like a hermit watching movies all day long. It would not be a pretty sight. Thank God I moved.

"My pastor just announced tonight that mid-week services will be resuming next week. As it stands right now the complex in which I live is still under pandemic restrictions so the ministers who usually come in will not be allowed to come in yet. How is your church handling the election infection?"

While we are still practicing social distancing and so forth, my church is meeting at our regular times. I am the chaplain here at the veterans home so I am unable to attend my own church. I would love to get back to church though. Chapel is the next best thing.

Prompt: "Do you ever go by a flower garden, lake or woods to write or do you go to another place you like to write?"

I usually write at my computer. I am buying a tablet so I can keep writing no matter where I am though.

Use the words: "lampoon, ironic, envelope, encounter and online. Have fun!"

I think my life is often a lampoon. It's ironic that moving from one place to another can make such difference. I lived in an envelope of loneliness and now have all kinds of friends. I encounter new people every day. I get a thrill out of my life online now.


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